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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Hon. Henry SNAPP, attorney at law, of the firm of Snapp & Snapp, Joliet;. was born in 
Livingston Co., N. Y., June 30, 1822; when he was but 3 years old, his father's family 
removed to Rochester, N. Y., and, in 1833, came to Will Co. and settled in what is 
known as "Yankee Settlement," in Homer Twp.; his father, Abram SNAPP, was a farmer, 
a man of inflexible will, of sterling and uncompromising integrity, of commanding 
presence, and, though of unassuming manners, a man of great talent, and a highly 
respected citizen; he died in 1865, leaving four children - three daughters and one 
son, Henry, who inherited, to a large extent, the characteristics of his father; he 
remained at home, on the farm, until he became of age, when he came to Joliet and read 
law in the offices of E. C. FELLOWS, Esq.., and Hon. S. W. RANDALL; he was admitted to 
the bar in 1843, but did not begin practice until 1850; he started out in his 
profession with a determination to make an able lawyer; he relied not upon natural 
ability, but applied himself to study, and has been a close student ever since; 
being a ready speaker, and a man of brilliant imagination, and of pronounced opinions 
on all moral and political questions, it is not strange that,he should be selected by 
his fellow-citizens to represent them in the councils of state; he was elected to the 
State Senate in the fall of 1868, and in 1872 resigned the office to accept the 
nomination as Representative in Congress, from the Sixth Congressional District 
(now the Seventh); he was elected for the unexpired term of Hon. H. B. COOK, who 
had resigned, and having served out his term, declining a renomination, he returned 
to Joliet and resumed the practice of his profession; it may be mentioned that in 
1854 he hold the office of City Attorney; was for eight years a Partner of Hon. Francis 
GOODSPEED, now Judge of the Ninth Judicial, Circuit of Illinois. He was married in 
January, 1847, to Miss Adeline BROADIE, of Joliet, and has five children - Sarah, 
wife of Dorrance DIBELL, of Joliet; Elizabeth (now Mrs. George M. CAMPBELL, of 
Joliet), Henry D., (engaged in practice with his father), Howard M. (attorney at 
law in Joliet), and Charles D.